/prog/, is it possible for a person to know how to code and program computers before knowing how to read and write in English (or any other natural language)? Is there an example of, maybe, a savant with extraordinary talents in the field, but is, otherwise, social inept?
>>4 Yeah, GTFO of this thread. I'm seriously asking /prog/ if there is a brillant savant, out there somewhere, whose gift is programming computers or deep mathematical logic.
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Anonymous2008-12-13 13:57
>>6
Probably, but without the ability to communicate their knowledge to others, who the fuck will know?
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Anonymous2008-12-13 16:22
>>6
I don't know about brilliant savant, but I am socially inept and pretty good at programming.
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I don't see where it says words there, so I'll be fine.
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OP2008-12-13 17:29
>>13 I don't mean autistism or Asperger's or even Tourette's. That is something else.
I'm more interested in the savant mind. Has there been one yet that has captured the distilled essence of process, mathematical logic and time/change? And could he/she, with assistance perhaps, sit down at a terminal and control the computer with a non-ambiguous language (a computer programming language) and generate decent output (prove theorems, bla)?
I'm sure you could teach Lego Mindstorms or something to children who haven't learned to read yet.
They're fucked pretty quickly when they can't read numbers, though.
>>25
“YES”, “OH YES”, ”OH GOD YES”, “I LOVE YOU”, “HARDER” are the only terminals in your mothers, context-free, language. I formalised it while pounding her thighs rhythmically.
i think its amazing how people in other countries can write code in english so easily since obviously the word "string" could be the word dick to them and it wouldn't make any difference in how they code. its just so weird to think about.
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Most countries which don't have English as their natural langauge usually have some sort of mandatory English speaking course during formative years.